ess.

Linke, born 1783, a distinguished violoncello player, member of the
Rasumowsky Quartets.

Lobkowitz, Prince, one of Beethoven's most zealous patrons in Vienna.

London, England, and the English.

Luther.

Maelzel, mechanician to the Imperial Court of Vienna, the well-known
inventor of the metronome.

Malchus, a youthful friend of Beethoven in Bonn, in later years Minister of
Finance of the kingdom of Westphalia, and afterwards of that of Wirtemberg
(died at Stuttgart in 1840).

Malfatti, Dr., a celebrated surgeon in Vienna; Beethoven under his
treatment in 1814.

Marconi, contralto singer in Vienna.

Marx, A.B., music director and professor at the University of Berlin;
edited, when in his twentieth year, the "Berliner Musikzeitung," a journal
whose publication, unfortunately, lasted but a few years only. Next to T.A.
Hofmann, he was the first who fully and thoroughly appreciated Beethoven's
music in all its depth and grandeur, and who manfully and intelligently
defended the lofty genius of the master against the base attacks to which
it was at times exposed; he has remained until the present day the most
efficient representative of the progress of musical art.

Matthisson, the poet.

Maximilian Franz, youngest brother of the Emperor Joseph II., Elector of
Cologne from the year 1785, and one of the noblest and most zealous patrons
of the young Beethoven, on whom, in 1785, he conferred the appointment of
Court organist, and in 1787, with a view to the further cultivation of his
talents, sent him to Vienna, assisting him in every way until the year
1794, at which period his country fell entirely under the dominion of
France (died in 1801).

Maximilian, Friedrich, Elector of Cologne until the year 1784; the first
noble patron of Beethoven, whom he placed under the instruction of the
Court organist Von der Eeden, and afterwards, on the death of that
musician, under Neefe; as an acknowledgment for which kindness, and in
proof of the success which had attended his studies, the young composer,
then only eleven years of age, dedicated his first sonatas to his
benefactor.

Mayseder, the celebrated violinist (died at Vienna in 1863).

Meyer, Friedrich Sebastian, a singer (born 1773, died 1835), the husband of
Mozart's eldest sister-in-law, who frequently, even in Beethoven's
presence, made some boastful remark in praise of his deceased relative;
such as "My brother-in-law would not have written that!"